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I was enjoying reading this post until I realized I was reading a post designed to name and shame a particular individual who probably has no way to respond equ

I was enjoying reading this post until I realized I was reading a post designed to name and shame a particular individual who probably has no way to respond equally. I don't know who the folks behind Karma are nor am I calling them a liar but this whole article makes me really uncomfortable. One of the things reddit (at least some subreddits) gets right is the "no witch hunting rule". The most important facet of it is no personal information about any individuals should be posted.

sosuke 11y ago
Agreed, they could have written the entire piece without naming the person. As well it could have had the same outcome, we hired poorly, we learned X and Y, and they would have looked better. Now they might end up black listed, who wants to work for a company that will publicly stab you if things go poorly?
- xtrumanx 11y ago
  Writing the article that way would defeat its apparent purpose; to name and shame. They even bought a domain name of the guys full name and pointed it at this blog. I assume they're probably promoting on social media (why else buy the domain name if not to promote it). I get why they would go to such lengths; they're angry and want to get revenge. Too bad no one reminded them of that old saying about the best revenge is moving on and living a good life.
  - barrkel 11y ago
    AFAICT the entire purpose of their startup is to monetize online revenge, naming and shaming, etc.
proksoup 11y ago
What's really interesting to me is that their service, Karma, appears to be a service for naming people and reviewing them personally.
raverbashing 11y ago
If someone is feeling sorry for this developer, and wants to right a wrong they have a chance of hiring him (I don't know if some of the blurring on the post was intentional, but it was certainly ineffective), his contacts are there. What goes around comes around.

sosuke 11y ago

Agreed, they could have written the entire piece without naming the person. As well it could have had the same outcome, we hired poorly, we learned X and Y, and they would have looked better. Now they might end up black listed, who wants to work for a company that will publicly stab you if things go poorly?

xtrumanx 11y ago
Writing the article that way would defeat its apparent purpose; to name and shame. They even bought a domain name of the guys full name and pointed it at this blog. I assume they're probably promoting on social media (why else buy the domain name if not to promote it). I get why they would go to such lengths; they're angry and want to get revenge. Too bad no one reminded them of that old saying about the best revenge is moving on and living a good life.
- barrkel 11y ago
  AFAICT the entire purpose of their startup is to monetize online revenge, naming and shaming, etc.

proksoup 11y ago

What's really interesting to me is that their service, Karma, appears to be a service for naming people and reviewing them personally.

raverbashing 11y ago

If someone is feeling sorry for this developer, and wants to right a wrong they have a chance of hiring him (I don't know if some of the blurring on the post was intentional, but it was certainly ineffective), his contacts are there. What goes around comes around.